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This intention rotates to improremente in cotton pitching hiaehines, and more especiaiiy to such n machine adapted tor picking rinpe cotton dirieetiyiirom the pia-hte in the he d,

"n lin gehend, my machine resemhles the ma chines disciosed ih my prior United @taten Patent Middd-'t issued Ma i, i928 and` in my oopendihlgappiicatioh, heriai itu, @,Uhdi,

hied August i, i927, aithoungh the present inav to chine han improvements over the cider hid heiorr and he ihd'the rotadih,n hhg'er earryfth in@n eylihdera, to catch cotton t rat tatie dotrh.,'

' hir suction menne are provided ior removing thecottoh caught oh these sheiresor troughs to convey it hach to the main han.l y"iheee troughe or sheites are also so cohstrncted that titi they are permitted a certain amount ot' interni movement sothat they vriii he ciose 'to the j piahte'tooatch ant cotton thatihdis, and ntiii not harm the piantsin the eveht that eonieoi the shine are out ot hner "ifhat it, upon. eohm ot cotton trilt he rah` it hy thefeanio.,

rentioh tritt appear more ihiiy ii proceed rrith my specihcntioh;

' in that iorrh ot' det'ice ehohodyihp; their-inf] three oiifiny intention ahorrh inthe hohem-@- pahyingdrarrihhe, hiigure i in a rich ih'eide-"rb .hhdhpted to direct the plants toward the pick ing fingers and between the cylinders 24, 24

eievation, hint. d is a 'rievr'oi the "forward part ot the machine tahen an indicated hy the hihi` d ot hier. i, hin'. d is a view in perapectire friert talreh an indicated hy the Atine hit" oit n portion oiithe compressed air pipe., y he chown ih the drawings, ih indicates a thiv hiuiitahieirahne or chassis here nhonfh he snpthct With the smihoi one otthe pianta, the trohgh or eheh? isiree to more over to one i" eide temporariirij @primer means are pro-rid@ ed ii-"or yieidingiy hoidihh,I the trougharhther V chino together aojthatthe hinhimhhn yhrnohht" ieee. serai No, 294,513.

ported on the vtwo forward wheels 11, 11 and the singie rear steering Wheel 12 mounted in the longitudinal center line of the machine, said Wheel being controlled by a suitable hand steering wheel 13. v14 indicates a seat for the 55 y driver. i5 indicates a suitable motor as, for

' example, an internal combustion motor adapt ed' to propei the nachine itself and drive the cotton picking mechanism. The shaft of the motor carries the pinion 16 driving the gear 17 no.v l'

mounted on the control'shat llit. By means- -oit a chain it) and suitable s rockets the com trol shaft 18 drives the pic ing' mechanism V l .driving shaft 20. .The machine is propelled hymenhs of a chain 21 driven b a sprocket B5.'

Wheel itt? on the end ofthe sha 20, which ohain in turn drives one of the front Wheels hy means of the sprocket 23. Suitable transmission gears, clutch and the titre (not shown in detail) may be provided .70 r

he desired, Y A The cotton picking mechanism in general the same as that disclosed vin. the older` n1ai' l,

chinos referred to above'r and comprises two phra'iiei vertically arranged adjacent cyiin- V75l ders 24;, 24- roteting; toward each' other and carrying rotatahio pitching ngers 31.` hitahle mechanism is provided for stripping the pinching fingerd'or cleaning the eotl `toh therefromr This includes in general ro- 80 1T "ftating" eatvet'. to takethe cotton from, the f y hngers vand rotating brushes O'tofclean the cotton troni thesawd.' a, The cotton is freed from the' brushes 50 by v .u f {ghieane oi centrifugal force land carricd'away 85 l@their tentures an adrnhtagree oi hoyjih-wfv through auction pipes-54,51. suitable suction "wheing, maintained` hy v,thefaii 55 driven' kby Y v the heit 5d from the motori-5.' From the J :tan h5, the cotton is discharged through the f pipe ti'' to the laag' 57'.

y 'ce hh, hd indicate converging guide plates? *he the machine moves forward.

The ends of the suction pipes 54 terminate l915 y in, honden ,ti/it lying adj acent the brushes 50.

` td, andv Wig.. rti ina horinohtai sectiohhi rioni 1 uIthe parte and'mechanism so far described y 5" reseihhie in general the older machines. re-

ferred toabove. shall 'now describe more in chine. These comprise shelves or troughs be# a. r'ons and shelves are the same on each side o l the machine, I shall describe detail but one side of the machine. 110 'indicates an angle iron lying back of the'cylinders 24 close to the ground, withthe l i' forward end somewhat lower thanthe rear end. Attached to the underside of the angle iron 110 is a iiat bar or plate 111 which is somewhat wider than the lower flan e of the angle iron. The forwardend of t e plate 111 is pivotally attached to a portion of the l l frame bythe bolt 112 and the rear end of the an le iron 110 isswingably supported .by the ar 113 from an upper frame member 10.* The upper end of t I e bar 113 projects through `-a largel hole in the` member 10 and is provided ywith a nut 113. The hole is enough larger -that the bar 113 permits the lower en'd of the bar to swing.

f Parallelly arranged with the members 110 'and 111 are a forward 'and rear angle iron 114 and 115 respectively, which-are substan-' tially in alignment, the forward member be# ing below the other. The endsof these mem' bersoverlap as shown in Fig. 2. The langle .f irons114 and 1 15 are provided on their lower surfaces 'with' widenedplates 114., 115 re- As ectively, to permit attachment thereto of t e lower edges of thev aprons 116 and 117 respectively, the upper edges of such aprons being carried by one .ofthe upp'erframe memiron 110 with its plate 111 and the angle irons 114 and .115 with their plates 114 andl 115fL u o D tating cyhnders with fingers thereon, a pair .l y The angle irons-114 and 115 are-each con-IV 10 .lel links 118 and 119 respectively, such links g permitting the angle irons 114 and 115 to '.move toward or away from the angle irons .7110 and stillhold them parallel'thereto. r

It. will be seen, therefore, that the angle l nected to the angle iron 110 by a'pair'of paralare formed into parallelograms by the links v"118 and 119 thusconstituting 'in'generalxaf '50.

shelf or trough thatis narrowed or widened by swinging of the connecting links 118 and '119, The aprons 116 and 117 have their lowaprons are composed.

er edges connected toplates 114* and 115'.

andflie over the links referred to so that the shelves or troughs referred to above are coveredby suitable cloth or fabric of which the The forward end rear end of theangle iron 110. The spring- `ange iron 110.

'angle iron of the'entire shelf or trough as stated above, is pivotally attachel y at-112 and the rear end is swingably carried 'f .from.one ofxthe upper frame members. by means of the bar-113.. 130 indicates a spiral surrounding a telescoping bar 131v connecting'a portion of the frame 10 to the ,f

annees 130 serves to permit the lower end of the trough or shelf to be yieldingly pushed to one side in the event that cotton plants press against the frame. This swin ing of the rear end of theframe is ermitted y ivoting the same at the forwar end at 112. uch swinging of the rear end of the frame is desirable to permit the machine to turn corners. 132 indicates a spring connected to an extension -133 on one of the links 119 to yieldingl hold the anglefiron 115 away from the 134 indicates a similar spring connected to one end of a lever 135 pivoted at 13,6, theother end of said lever 135 being joined by a link 137 connected to the rear end of the angle iron 114. vThis spring also yieldingly holds the angle iron 114 away from the angle iron 110 but also permits the same to be pressed toward said 110 when engaged by a cotton bush,"

Cotton falling on the shelves or troughs described above is adapted to be concentrated at the forward end thereof by means of compressed air issuing from holes 150 in the pipe 151 which is sup lied with cornpressed air by the fan 152. Il`he suction pipe 54 is provided with an opening 153 at a point adjacent the frontend of the-shelves so that the cotton driven forward from the ccmressed air pipe 151 is sucked into the open- 1ng153-t0 be discharged into the bag 57.

lWhile I have shown and described certain embodiments of my invention, it is to be un-f derstood that-it is capable of many modiiicatlons.' Changes, therefore, in the construction and arrangement may be made without .departing from the spirit and scope of the invention disclosed in thea pended claims, 1n which it is my intention to claim all novelty 1n my invention as broadly as possible in view of t e prior art. l What I claim is new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

combination` Witha lcotton picking machine of the character described having a frame and a pair of vertically arranged ro# lparallel with the direction of travel of the machine and with each other, said shelves being spaced from each other to permit relative movement of cotton plants therebetween, and means for removing cotton falling on said shelves..

2. Apparatus as claimed Vin claim 1 with ,a rons attached to said shelves at their lower e ges, the u per edges of said aprons being carried by t 1e frameA of the machine.

3. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 .in

,which the means for removing the cotton tlll lll:

n merece :hom the shelves' includes compressed eir jets tor concentrstingl the cotton et one end oit the shell with mr onction meens for remoron@1 the cotton from the point of concenfv tretion.,

dpperetns es clnimed in claim, l in "which the lorwerd ends `et the shelves ere' loner then the reer ends end in which the meens- 'lor removing the cotton from the y shelves includes compressed mr jets for cone1l pit/stellt" snpported end the neer ends nro I sningebly cerried by the lreme ofthe meu chiner to permit leterel swingingn oit the roer ends ol seid shelres..

d., Jltpperntns es cleimed in eleim l, in

which the edjiecent edges of the shelves ere mo'reblr mounted with respect to the enter edges theneot? 'topermit seperetion el seid eidjlecerntl edges bp' pressure ihrem cotton plainte.,

'lg llpperetns es cleimed in claim l, in which eech shelf is 'formed of snbstentielly v pemllel members connected by 4links to perdll mit morement et seid members torverdy end errer trom ench other..

lt rlrpperetns es claimed in claim l, in which eech shell is 'lolnned ol.E tno surbstentielu llrrmrnllel members connected by linlm to permit mor/'ement ot seid members townrd end errer llrom eech other, with means lor yieldinpgly holding; seid members in sepereted position..

h. lin combinetion with e cotton picking' mechine olf the cherecter described hnrinpg e llrnme end n peir ol rerticelly errenpged ro- 'tntinpg cylinders with hngers thereon; e peir et longitndinelly errenged snbstentlelljt;7 perellel nmmbersj supported by the treme., errenged behind seid cylinders end edjecent `the gfronnd9 the lorwerd ends ol seid members ,being pirotelljr ntteched to the treme, end the reer ends oil seid members beinga srringnblpv snpported trom seid treme by rerticel bers; e parir' ol members snbstem tinlly perellel to seid hrst mentioned memn here end connected thereto by perellel linlrs, eeid'second mentioned members lying in snbstentinlly the seme plene with the hrst menn tiened members end termine; in conjunction therewith shelves lor the'reccption et lnllinirggr cotton; e febrile covering seid shelres, the onteredges ol seid lebric being extended nprmrdly end supported by the freine to 'form e rens; end ineens 'tor rernloving cotmeer en@ se my er ren, rees.

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